Final Fantasy VIII or Dragon Quest VIII?

[Karellen]

Not true, but if you spend your time on getting stronger items then you deserve to get them which isn't a crime and plus the level of each enemy will be always in your level's range which makes things not easier (apart from some, I forget which), so I don't see how is that ridiculously powerful? Unless you've used a memory hacking device.

As soon as you learn the life refinery ability off siren you can load your HP up with Curaga by refining tents. Similarly, once you save Ellone and receive a decent supply of Wizard Stones you can load your strength with level 3 magic via elemental refineries. This pretty much makes the whole game a complete joke, since all you have to do after that is put Squall in critical condition for the whole game and kill bosses with two or three limit breaks. These abilities only require 30 AP each, thus take no time at all to learn. If a game rewards you that much for so little effort, there is a fundamental flaw with the system.

I never pretty much draw off monsters a lot, I only draw off draw points which is enough for me. If I need to draw off monsters, in that case which I did, I didn't see how was that tedious as it only took around 1 min to get full numbers. You don't only have to draw in order to get those magic, you can even convert from stones to draw magics by using GF abilities.

At the very beginning of the game you have no choice but to stand around drawing (and it takes a LOT longer then one minute to stock all three characters). In addition, there are a few bosses thereafter that have decent magic that you can't get abundantly until the very end of the game. You don't have to do it all the time, but when you do end up doing it on occasion it's a tedious, repetitive task completely void of any entertainment value. It's almost as bad as attacking yourself over and over again in FFII. Almost.